Ernest Clark
Known for: Acting
A distinguished stage actor, Ernest Clark was best known to British television viewers for his role as the crusty "Sir Geoffrey Loftus" in the long running "Doctor" comedy series during the 1970s. Born in Maida Vale, Clark was the son of a master builder and was educated at Marylebone Grammar School. His first job was as a reporter on a local newspaper and he was also a keen amateur actor. He made his first professional appearance at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge in 1937 and, throughout the 1930s and 40s, was rarely off the West End stage. In New York in 1950, he garnered rave reviews for his appearance in T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party". A prolific screen character actor, he was usually cast in cold, tight-lipped roles in British war films. He was vice-president of Equity, the British actor's union, from 1964-69 and president from 1970-73. An articulate, outspoken and often witty commentator for the acting profession, he always argued on the side of regulated entry into what he described as "an overcrowded industry". Clark's first two marriages were dissolved. His third wife was 'Julia Lockwood', the daughter of the British film star Margaret Lockwood. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick Newley
Filmography
Series
Private Schulz
Fritsch
1981
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Finch McComas
1965
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
The Wednesday Play
Pritchard
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Ivor Brendon
1964
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Brigadier Glover
1965
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Oliver Cox
1969
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Duke of Mannerton
1978
Series
Maigret
1960
Drama 61-67
Rex
1961
Series
Interpol Calling
Inspector MacAndrew
1959
Series
The Agatha Christie Hour
Rogers
1982
Series
Richard the Lionheart
Frederick
1962
Series
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Hayes
1962
Series
The Cannon & Ball Show
The Professor
1979
Series
The Cannon & Ball Show
Self
1979
Film
Gandhi
Lord Hunter
1982
Series
The Invisible Man
Sir Charles Anderson
1958
HMS Paradise
Commander Trickett
1964
Series
All Gas and Gaiters
The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
1967
Away from It All
The Colonel
1973
Series
Mixed Blessings
Mr. Huntley
1978
Series
Doctor in Charge
Professor Geoffrey Loftus
1972
Film
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
1960
Series
Queenie
Sir Philip Wentworth
1987
Film
The Dam Busters
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
1955
Film
Eye of the Devil
French Police Inspector (uncredited)
1966
Film
1984
Outer Party Announcer
1956
Film
Reach for the Sky
Wing Commander Beiseigel
1956
Series
Doctor at Large
Professor Loftus
1971
Film
The Pope Must Die
Abbot
1991
Film
A Tale of Two Cities
Stryver
1958
Film
Doctor in the House
Dr. Parrish
1954
Film
The Executioner
Roper
1970
Film
Arabesque
Beauchamp
1966
Film
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Sir Basil Smeeton
1964
Doctor at the Top
1991
Film
Nothing But the Best
Roberts
1964
Film
The Baby and the Battleship
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1956
Film
Beau Brummell
Dr. Warren
1954
Film
No Love for Johnnie
M.P. (uncredited)
1961
Film
The Secret of My Success
Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
1965
Film
Salt & Pepper
Col. Balsom
1968
Film
A Stitch in Time
Professor Crankshaw
1963
Film
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
1986
Film
Time Without Pity
Under Secretary
1957
Series
Doctor on the Go
1975
Film
The Man in the Sky
Maine
1957
Film
A Touch of Larceny
Cmdr. Bates
1960
Film
Billy Liar
Prison Governor
1963
Film
It!
Harold Grove
1967
Film
Memed My Hawk
Hatche's Father
1984
Film
A Woman of Mystery
Mr. Harvey
1958
Film
Obsession
1949
Film
I Accuse!
Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
1958
Film
Masquerade
Minister
1965
Film
Boy With a Flute
Sir George Noble
1964
Film
Run a Crooked Mile
Chairman
1969
Film
Three on a Spree
Colonel Drew
1961
Series
Doctor at Sea
1974
When We Are Married
Councillor Albert Parker
1949
Film
Blind Spot
F. G. Fielding
1958
Film
Ladies Who Do
Stockbroker
1963
Film
Father Brown
Bishop's Secretary
1954
Film
Tomorrow at Ten
Police Doctor
1963
Film
Song of Norway
Councilman
1970
Film
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Father (Voice)
1993
Film
Time to Remember
Cracknell
1962
Film
The Cuckoo Patrol
Marshall
1967
Film
The Circus Clown
Vaudeville Act
1934
Film
Finders Keepers
Air Marshal
1966
Film
The Safecracker
Major Adbury
1958
Film
Partners in Crime
Ashton
1961
Film
The Mudlark
Hammond
1950
Film
The Birthday Present
Barrister
1957
Film
The Stable Door
1966
Film
Master Spy
Dr. Pembury
1964
Film
The Chequers Manoeuvre
The Brigadier
1968